Natural hazards · Bassfield

Bassfield, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bassfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Bassfield?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bassfield to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding29%Hurricanes22%Tornadoes16%Drought10%Heat waves7%Strong wind5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Bassfield faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Bassfield flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Bassfield.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Bassfield isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Jefferson Davis County.

Disasters that hit Bassfield

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Bassfield itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Bassfield.

Brought FEMA money into BassfieldDeclared for Jefferson Davis County only

2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

399 households applied for aid $1.8M aid approved

2020

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

247 households applied for aid $795K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Bassfield for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

27 households applied for aid $195 aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

15 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $6K to the Town of Bassfield for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

1,231 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved $59K to the Town of Bassfield for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

263 households applied for aid $193K aid approved

Jefferson Davis County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Bassfield is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bassfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bassfield. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.